2005 Fermanagh District Council election

The 2005 Fermanagh District Council election took place on 5 May 2005 to elect members of Fermanagh District Council in Northern Ireland.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.[2][3]

2005 Fermanagh District Council election

5 May 2005

All 23 council seats
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Sinn Féin UUP SDLP
Seats won 9 5 5
Seat change New council New council New council

  Fourth party
 
Party DUP
Seats won 4
Seat change New council

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Sinn Féin 9 11,611 37.4%
UUP 5 6,830 22.0%
SDLP 5 5,566 18.0%
DUP 4 6,399 20.6%
Totals 23 31,006 100%

Results by Electoral Area

Enniskillen

Enniskillen - 7 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
DUP Arlene Foster 23.56 2,054
DUP Joe Dodds* 4.58 400 1,132.73
UUP Robert Irvine* 6.60 576 660.60 694.48 1,097.48
Sinn Féin Gerry McHugh* 9.61 838 838.47 855.47 855.47 855.50 1,308.50
Sinn Féin Pat Cox* 11.06 964 964.47 1,011.47 1,012.47 1,012.47 1,195.47
SDLP Frank Britton* 10.51 916 918.35 1,046.35 1,058.58 1,060.23 1,094.23
SDLP Patricia Rodgers 7.66 668 670.35 742.35 751.52 752.96 772.96 973.96
UUP Raymond Ferguson* 7.82 682 742.63 770.57 912.35 942.26 943.73 950.73
Sinn Féin Paddy Gilgunn* 7.84 684 684.94 717.41 718.41 718.41
UUP Basil Johnston 6.04 527 586.69 601.16
Socialist Party Paul Dale 4.65 406 412.11
Electorate: 13,101   Valid: 8,715 (66.5%)   Spoilt: 163   Quota: 1,090   Turnout: 8,878 (67.7%)

    Erne East

    Erne East - 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234
    DUP Paul Robinson 14.52 1,277
    UUP Harold Andrews* 11.62 1,022 1,705
    SDLP Fergus McQuillan* 13.15 1,157 1,169 1,555
    Sinn Féin Ruth Lynch* 13.61 1,197 1,198 1,198 1,203
    Sinn Féin Tom O'Reilly* 13.40 1,179 1,179 1,179 1,191
    Sinn Féin Brian McCaffrey* 12.87 1,132 1,133 1,137 1,141
    Sinn Féin Seán Lynch 12.62 1,110 1,110 1,110 1,111
    UUP Jean McVitty 8.17 719
    Electorate: 11,003   Valid: 8,793 (79.91%)   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 1,257   Turnout: 8,933 (81.18%)

      Erne North

      Erne North - 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      UUP Tom Elliott* 26.81 1,686
      Sinn Féin Breege McSorley 18.54 1,166
      DUP Bert Johnston* 16.47 1,036 1,149.24
      SDLP John O'Kane* 11.91 749 756.22 819.53 829.46 1273.46
      UUP Bertie Kerr* 3.24 204 544.10 545.43 796.67 819.26 904.26 979.86
      DUP Mandy Mahon 11.45 720 743.94 744.72 825.75 832.94 848.94 872.39
      SDLP Julie Dervan 8.22 517 521.56 564.98 567.49
      UUP Gary Wilson 3.33 210 354.40 354.79
      Electorate: 8,898   Valid: 6,288 (70.66%)   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,049   Turnout: 6,399 (71.91%)

        Erne West

        Erne West - 5 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234
        SDLP Gerry Gallagher* 21.62 1,559
        Sinn Féin Stephen Hugget* 15.54 1,121 1,240.48
        Sinn Féin Póilín Uí Catháin 15.72 1,134 1,175.18 1,210.18
        Sinn Féin Bernice Swift 15.06 1,086 1,153.86 1,207.86
        UUP Alex Baird 9.55 689 702.92 728.23 1,153.34
        DUP Cyril Brownlee 12.64 912 916.93 922.80 1,022.99
        UUP Derrick Nixon 7.14 515 532.69 561.32
        Independent Kevin Nolan 1.59 115 158.79
        Green (NI) Laurence Speight 1.09 79 125.69
        Electorate: 9,424   Valid: 7,210 (76.5%)   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 1,202   Turnout: 7,345 (77.93%)

          References

          1. "Northern Ireland council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
          2. "Fermanagh & Omagh Council". UTV. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
          3. "Fermanagh & Omagh Council Results, 2014". Fermanagh & Omagh. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
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